Fast-selling food must be express

"When I bought yoghurt, I saw the supermarket launching a 'buy on delivery' event and I thought it would be more cost-effective. However, the gift of this package and the large-packaged yoghurt was not even the same batch, and the shelf life would soon be reached." The reporter recently heard that Friends reflected that some fast-expired supermarket foods, especially yogurt and fresh milk, are sold in the form of promotions. Consumers are faced with an expiry date immediately after buying a home. They hope that businesses can remind consumers to pay attention to the food shelf life.

The State Administration for Industry and Commerce recently asked local industrial and commercial authorities to strictly supervise food business operators to conduct self-examination and self-correction on food packaging, signs, production date, shelf life, and relevant food storage conditions, and make foods to the consumers in the business premises at the time of the expiration date. Eye-catching tips.

In supermarkets of shopping malls, attentive consumers often find that some fresh foods that are reaching shelf life are being bundled. Due to lack of reminders, some consumers only see the price is cheap, but they ignore the production date. As a result, the food that is returned home has not yet been purchased. Eat too late to expire.

"In the case of food that will expire in the next three months, we will ask the supplier to exchange goods." The head of a large supermarket chain told reporters that the supermarket would no longer have counters to sell or remind consumers.

"If it is a critical commodity, daily necessities may be bought, food will not be bought." Yesterday, the reporter interviewed several random people visiting the supermarket, one of them said. Another citizen stated that some imported foods in supermarkets may be considered for purchase if they are critical, because they are usually expensive, but they hope that supermarkets can give tips.

City Consumer Protection Association statistics show that the current consumer complaints of food problems are mainly: some businesses re-packaging expired or expired food, change the production date to re-sale, or to "buy one get one free", "special promotion" Such as selling; shoddy, fresh food on the top of the food or outside, and then packaged and sold, this method is most common in vegetables, meat, bags of fruit sales.

Most consumers agree that the “critical food sales must be clearly stated” provision. So, what food is fast-food? According to industry practice, foods that are close to one-third of their shelf life are critical foods. At present, only the "food management standards" promulgated by Beijing's industrial and commercial departments have clearly defined "critical foods": the shelf life of more than 1 year, 45 days before the expiration; the shelf life of more than six months and less than 1 year, 20 days before the expiration; shelf life of 90 Less than half a day, more than 15 days before expiration, shelf life of 30 days or more and less than 90 days, 10 days before expiration, shelf life of less than 30 days for more than 16 days, 5 days before expiration, shelf life of less than 15 days, and 1 to 1 before expiration 4 days.

Then, will supermarkets mix and match fast-overdue foods and fresh foods? Does it infringe the legitimate rights and interests of consumers? According to the analysis of the commercial and industrial cadres of the Yucheng City Industrial and Commercial Branch, the supermarket’s practice is actually playing the law “trimming the ball.” Although the commodities sold by supermarkets are going to expire, they are still not expired. From a legal point of view, the responsibility of supermarkets cannot be pursued. Only when the production date and shelf life date on food packaging are unclear, does it constitute an infringement of the right to know of consumers.

The city's industry and commerce department will visit food companies and supermarkets to inspect and supervise the food business units to inspect the foods that are near the expiration date before the market closes every day. For the perishable and spoiled foods distributed by the manufacturers, the day production and sales on the day are required. On the day, no processing, sales or mixing into new production raw materials is allowed; for raw materials, finished products and bulk foods for on-site production and sale of food, each batch shall be marked with the storage date and shelf life, and the outbound sales shall be first-in first-out; Some of the supermarkets that did not show their goals for critical foods urged them to step up the reforms.